Kernel patch release checklist available

Kernel patch release checklist available

[Peter Chubb]

After being burnt a few times in forgetting something that I should
have done when releasing a patch against the kernel, I've created a
Kernel Patch Release Checklist at

http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/PatchReleaseChecklist 

If you want to you can add new stuff I haven't thought of to this
list:  but you need to register on the Wiki to do so.

--
Dr Peter Chubb  http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au  peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au
You are lost in a maze of BitKeeper repositories,   all slightly different.

Re: Kernel patch release checklist available

[Willy Tarreau]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 09:01:02PM +1000, Peter Chubb wrote:
> 
> After being burnt a few times in forgetting something that I should
> have done when releasing a patch against the kernel, I've created a
> Kernel Patch Release Checklist at
> 
> http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/PatchReleaseChecklist 

Good idea. I think this should go into the Documentation directory.
I would personnaly add :
- "1.4.3 have you described side-effects you're aware of, or incompatibilities
  or breakage of other patches ?"
- "1.5.2. Have you checked that your patch still applies without fuzz on latest
dev kernel ?" (which is not implied nor excused by 1.4.2).

Cheers,
Willy

Re: Kernel patch release checklist available

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 21:01:02 +1000, Peter Chubb <peter@chubb.wattle.id.au> said:

  Peter> After being burnt a few times in forgetting something that I
  Peter> should have done when releasing a patch against the kernel,
  Peter> I've created a Kernel Patch Release Checklist at

  Peter> http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/PatchReleaseChecklist

  Peter> If you want to you can add new stuff I haven't thought of to
  Peter> this list: but you need to register on the Wiki to do so.

Good stuff!

You might also want to mention that the patch should apply with "patch
-p1".

	--david